If it was the reverse, the Satanist would've been in jail right away and probably have been charged with a flurry of charges that aren't even relevant to the event.
I honestly doubt it. This kinda stuff always takes forever to make its way through the courts.
The very fact that it is being considered a hate crime should tell you this is being taken seriously. They could have just prosecuted for vandalism and hand waved the hate crime aspect.
1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me."
2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments."
Based on that, the answer to your question is Yes. Not only are there two Commandments specifically about this, but it’s the very first and second ones.
Unless we’re arguing that Christians are not bound by the Ten Commandments because Jesus created a new covenant. But most American Christians don’t seem to agree with that based on their interest in displaying the Ten Commandments in public buildings
He’s saving them from the violent generational “iniquity” described in Commandment 2
Or at least would be if he believed in this himself. More likely that he just opposes any “disrespectful” nonadherence to tradition and normalized hierarchy. Which is dumb in an even worse way
The more positive spin version is that they test freedom of (and from) religion to ensure it is being applied broadly and not solely for Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Judaism.
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